Coaching
IMPROVEMENT KATA SHIPYARD EXAMPLE
By Tadas Puksta
July 9, 2012
An example of the Improvement Kata in action at a shipyard in Lithuania.
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About Tadas Puksta
Tadas Puksta is an Improvement Kata trainer and coach in Lithuania. He is a founder of the Lean Academy Lithuania and works with companies on practicing and deploying Toyota Kata management routines. In 2003 Tadas started practicing Lean thinking with sensei from Japan and for the past three years he’s been coaching owners, CEOs and managers in Improvement Kata and Coaching Kata almost every day. Tadas has experience in Furniture, Textile, Shipbuilding, Construction, Electronics, Banking, Biotechnology and other industries.
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